Enjoy Local Seafood at One of These Nine Massachusetts Waterfront Restaurants

Nothing “whets” an appetite quite like time on the water, and if you happen to be cruising, sailing or fishing along the coast of Massachusetts, we’ve got your fix in the form of these nine terrific dock-and-dine restaurants. Bon appetite! Finz, Salem  The historic port of Salem is best known for witches, but it’s also packed with restaurants, among them Read More

13 Top Summer Boating Destinations

Irvington, Va. Sited on the banks of Carter Creek where it flows into the Rappahannock River, Irvington boasts deep, protected waters and a quaint Colonial ambiance. The village once thrived as a stop for steamboats carrying goods and travelers across southern Chesapeake Bay, which is why The Steamboat Era Museum here is so popular today. For more history, head to Christ Church (finished in Read More

Lake George, New York

Narrow, 32-mile-long Lake George is nicknamed the Queen of the American Lakes. It is surrounded by the Adirondack mountains, which amounts to some of the most stunning scenery on the East Coast. Its pristine waters and untouched wilderness are also steeped in American history. Fort William Henry, built by the British, sits on its southern Read More

Journey’s End Marina

Journey’s End Marina is set in the thriving Midcoast Maine port of Rockland in West Penobscot Bay. The property is owned by the O’Hara Corporation, which has been active in the marine industry for more than 100 years and also operates O’Hara Bait out of Rockland and an Alaskan fishing fleet in the Bering Sea. Read More

For the Love of Wooden Boats

As the ferry approached the dock at Port Townsend, a lone sloop was beating to windward. Gracefully tacking across our stern, the flag blue topside showed a mast of brightwork and a lapstrake hull. She was a wooden boat, and I knew I was home. Of all the yachts I have served as master, the only ones I have truly loved, sail or Read More

Plot a Course for One of These Parks Along the US and Canadian Shores

The arrival of spring, with its mild temperatures and nature-scapes dressed in pastel colors, signals the long-awaited start of the boating season. It’s the perfect time to chart a course to one or more of these splendid gems designated a State or National Park, all found along the shorelines of the U.S. and Canada. New England Described as a Read More

Trawling the East Coast as a Live-Aboard

Live-aboard boater Betty Robinson describes her current lifestyle of meeting new people, traveling to new places and having new adventures in six words, “soaking up life from the water.” It’s a wonderful, if unexpected, thing that this woman, who says she is outdoorsy and not a homebody, would be found fully living life on LiLi, Read More